Cue-tip.



No. 675,3I3. Patented May 28, |90l. L. ABBGTT.

CUE TIP.

(Application lad Sept. 7, 1900.)

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Tris- Z- s I A la l I NVENTEIRI l @QW @Mf Nrrnn Aras ATILNT MCE LEVIABBOTT, OF WEST MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES D. BOSWORTH,OF SOMERVILLE, AND D. T. LAWRENCE, OF CAMBRIDGE,

MASSACHUSETTS.

CUE-TIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 675,313, dated May 28,1901.

Application led September '7, 1900. Serial No. 29,276. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, LEVI ABBOTT, of West Medford, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Cue -Tips, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide simple and eective meansfor securinga cuetip to the stick or body of a cue; and it conro sistsin the improvements which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figures l and 2 represent perspective views of the parts hereinaftertermed the base-section and shank of my improved tip. Fig. 3 representsa perspective View showing the base-section and shank connected. Fig. 4represents a perspective View of the tip-section. Fig. 5 repzo rescnts asectional view showing the base-section, shank, and tip connected. Fig.6 represents a sectional view of the ferrule or rigid section thatengages the shank. Fig. 7 represents a sectional View of a portion ofthe cue-stick. Fig. 8 represents a sectional View showing all the partsconnected. Figs. 9, 10, and 1l represent a somewhat diiferentconstruction embodying my invention. Fig. l2 represents a modicationrelating to the cue- 3o body.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all thefigures.

In Figs. 1 to S, inclusive, a represents the tip-base, which is a diskof leather or other 3 5 suitable compressible material, adapted to'befirmly united by glue or other cement with the tip-section c,hereinafter referred to. T'ne section a has fiat outer and inner sidesand a central orifice a', which ispreferably tapered,

4o its diamerer being greater at the outer than at the inner side of thesection. a. b represents a shank or plug, of leather or other suitablecompressible material, adapted also to be iirmly secured by glue to thetip-section and also adapted to be indented by the internal screw-threadin the socket e of the ferrule or rigid cue-section ci. Said rigidsection d is preferably made of rigid brous material, such as vulcanizedfiber, and is adapted 5o to be attached to a cue stick or body h, thesection d being here shown as provided with a socket f, formed toreceive a dowel-pin g, affixed to the stick h. The shank b is normallyof somewhat greater diameter than the socket e, so that when the shankis inserted and rotated in the socket the periphery of the shank will beindented by the thread of the socket, a screw-thread being thus formedthereon which engages the rigid thread of the socket. The outer end ofthe shank is preferably tapered at b to fit the taper of the socket a',the tapered portion b forming a head, which holds the base-sectionfirmly against the end of the rigid section d when the shank is screwedinto the socket e. The outer end of the rigid section d is preferablycorrugated or roughened at d', so that it will indent the inner surfaceof the base-section a, and prevent the latter and the plug b from beingaccidentally turned. c represents the 7o tip-section, which is made ofleather or other suitable material and is glued to the outer surface ofthe base-section ct and to the outer end of the plug b, the outersurface of the tip-section being suitably formed to strike a ball. Itwill be seen that the base-section a and plug b are adapted to be firmlysecured to the rigid section d and to the tip-section c, so that thereis no liability of the detachment of the tip-section c from the stick.8c

By means of the glue or cement applied as above mentioned thetip-section clocks the base-section a and the shank or plug b together,so as to prevent any possible rotation of either one of the three partsrelatively to an- 8 5 other, and the corrugations or roughening d' ofthe section d act, through the base-section a and the tip-section c, tohold the shank b from rotation in the threaded socket of the section d.9o

In Figs. 9, 10, and l1 l show a diderent construction embodying myinvention, in which the base-section and shank are made of two leatherstrips s s, cemented together and provided at their outer ends withoppositely-projecting ears s s, which constitute the base-section, thebody portions of the strips constituting the shank. The strips may beoriginally formed as shown in Fig. 9 and afterward trimmed to the formshown in Fig. 10. The tip-section c is glued to the outer face of thebase-section, which is here IOO shown as of convex form. A Washer t,Fig. Il, of substantially rigid materiahmay be applied to the under sideof the base-section.

It Will be seen that in both forms of my invention above described I userelatively thin pieces of leather and at the saine time give thebasesection and tip-section a sufficient aggregate thickness to insurethe desired yielding or resilient quality, the shank having alsosuitable thickness to insure the desired strength.

lVhen the tip is made in tivo layers, one being a tip-scction and theother a basesection, in accordance with my invention, the tip isstronger and less liable to spread than a tip made wholly of onepiece,'because it has two grain sides or portions, each layer having agrain side and a flesh side, the grain side or portion being tougher andless extensible than the esh side or portion. \Vhen the tip is made asshown in Figs. 9, lO, and ll, the grain sides of the pieces s s arepreferably the inner sides, the two grain sides meeting and forming thecentral portion of the shank.

In both forms of my invention when the shank is made of leather thefibers of the leather extend lengthwise of the shank, so that two verydesirable results are secured, namely: First, although the diameter ofthe shank is relatively small its tensile strength is sufficient for allpractical purposes, and, secondly, the shank may be made of any lengththat may be desired. It will be observed that the fibers of the tip(which terin includes both the base-section and the tip-section) extendsubstantially at right angles with the fibers of the shank. Y

The rigid section may be a bushing t', inserted in a socket in the stick71 as shown in Fig.

The tip-section c serves to distribute the force or shock of the blow insuch manner that there is no tendency to loosen the relative positionsof the base-section a and shank Z), and in both forms of my inventionthe resilience or elasticity possessed by the material of the shankaids'in taking up the shock borne by the tipsection, such elasticity asis possessed by said shank being distributed throughout the greaterportion of the tipsection.

I claim- 1. A billiard-cue tip colnprising an outer tip-section, abase-section therefor, and a shank-section extending solely from thebasesection and of lesser diameter' than said basesection, all of saidparts being formed of leather and secured and held together by anadhesive between the base and tip sections, the fibers of the leather ofwhich the shanksection is composed extending lengthwise ot' the shankand the fibers of the tip and base sections extending substantially atright angles with the fibers of the shank.

2. A billiard-cue comprising a ferrule or section of rigid materialadapted t'or attachment to a cue-stick and having a corrugated orroughened outer end, and a screw-threaded socket, a compressiblebase-section having a compressible shank adapted to be indented by thethread of the socket, and a tip-section cemented to the basesection, thebase-section shank and tip-section being locked and held from rotationby the cementing of the tip and base sections and by the roughened outerend ot the rigid section indenting the inner surface of the compressiblebase-section.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twoWitnesses.

LEVI ABBOTT. lVitnesses:

C. F. BROWN, J. D. BosWoRTn.

